Minor Bantam AAA Petes improve to 3-0 at Icefest tourney

The Peterborough Ben Smith Sells Minor Bantam AAA Petes are unbeaten after two days of the Boston Pizza Icefest AAA Hockey Tournament.

The Petes improved to 3-0 with a 6-0 win over Sudbury’s Nickel City Sons on Friday morning followed by a 3-2 afternoon victory over the Southern Tier Admirals.

They’ll face the Niagara North Stars at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at the Evinrude Centre (atom pad) to close out pool play.

After moving to 2-0 Thursday night with a 4-1 win over Ottawa Myers, the BP Peterborough Major Bantam Petes suffered their first loss Friday afternoon 4-3 to the Ontario Hockey Academy Mavericks.

The Major Bantam Petes’ fourth and final game in pool play was at 8:30 p.m. Friday against the Guelph Gryphons. A score was not available at press time.

The Billy Smith Sells Major Peewee Petes split their Friday games to sit 2-2 after pool play. They lost to the Nickel City Sons 3-1 on Friday afternoon and rebounded to beat the Brampton 45’s 3-2 Friday night.

The 48-team, three-division tournament runs through Sunday at four arenas in Peterborough and Norwood.

Playoff games will begin Saturday afternoon with all three finals on Sunday at the Evinrude Centre (atom pad) at 1, 3 and 5 p.m.